Convective destabilization by a tropopause fold diagnosed using potential-vorticity inversion

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 126, Issue 562, 2000, Pages 125-144

  Griffiths, Morwenna ^a   Thorpe, Alan J ^b   Browning, Keith A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Convection; Potential instability; Potential vorticity inversion; Tropopause fold

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; FOLD; INSTABILITY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TROPOPAUSE;

EID: 0034124407     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.49712656207     Document Type: Article

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